While appearing on Wednesday?s The Meredith Vieira Show, Ms. Dash said that gender inequality is merely an ?excuse.?

?It?s the same thing with race: It?s an excuse,? she said. ?Stop making excuses. If there are opportunities, seize them and be prepared for them and be the best, if that?s what it takes. If you have to be extraordinary, then be extraordinary.?

When Vieira cited the statistics that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men make, Dash replied: ?I know the numbers are true, but I feel like your daughter will be…